Kyiv, Ukraine
CNN
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Russian forces have accomplished their withdrawal from Ukraine’s Kherson area west of the Dnipro River, together with the town of Kherson, Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned Friday.
It comes after Moscow ordered a partial retreat from the area Wednesday, marking one of many greatest army setbacks for the Kremlin because the warfare started.
“Within the Kherson path, the transfer of Russian army items to the left financial institution of the Dnieper River was accomplished at 0500 [Moscow time] this morning,” the ministry mentioned on its official Telegram channel.
“Not a single piece of army tools or weaponry was left behind on the suitable financial institution,” the assertion mentioned, referring to the western facet of the river. “All Russian servicemen have moved to the left financial institution of the Dnieper” – the Russian spelling for the river.
Pictures and video on social media on Friday confirmed that the Antonivskyi Bridge, the principle conduit over the Dnipro within the Kherson area, had been destroyed.
A picture circulating on social media Friday confirmed a Ukrainian flag within the heart of Kherson, although there is no such thing as a suggestion that the Ukrainian army is but in that metropolis.
